For a week now, she's been seething, gritting her teeth, and not taking her eyes off the man she says raped her in 2016. Every time Salim Berrada speaks from his box, Charline (whose first name has been changed), mumbles outraged comments and insults. Sometimes she forgets to mumble, and the whole room hears her. The people sitting next to her try to calm her down; the defense lawyers turn around quizzically; the president calls her to order.

Charline is one of the youngest plaintiffs in this case, which has been at trial in the Paris criminal court since March 18. She was 18 when she met the accused, who was 12 years older than her. On Friday, March 22, Charline, who is now 26, took the stand. It was her turn to speak with all her anger. Hers was the ninth testimony out of 17 (13 rapes, four sexual assaults).

With her legs trembling and a shaky voice, she recounted, like others had done before her and since, how the young fashion photographer had invited her to his studio in the 20^th arrondissement of Paris for a photoshoot, how she had been greeted with a glass of alcohol, how she had become unusually drunk, and how she had had nonconsensual sex when she was not in full possession of her faculties.

At the end of her deposition, she turned to Berrada to say a few words – "Repent!" – before returning to her seat.

From his box, Berrada contested: "At no time while we were sleeping together did she say 'No, stop' to me." Charline got up and left the room.

'I pity all the women in your life!'

On Tuesday, March 26, the court dealt with the 15^th case, a sexual assault. The complainant concerned was absent. Charline took her place on the plaintiffs' benches, as she had done every day, and listened attentively.

For the 15^th time, Berrada denied any forced sexual act. For the 15^th time, he only acknowledged that he may have behaved badly, but not illegally. For the 15^th time, he suggested that his accuser had unconsciously rewritten the story of what had happened. At the end, he blamed one woman for outright lying in her account to the court a few days earlier.

On the plaintiffs' benches, the level of exasperation reached its peak. Charline couldn't take it anymore and stood up, screaming: "You're going to burn, Salim! You're going to burn! Look me in the eyes!" Someone in the back row tried to restrain her, putting their hand over her mouth; Charline struggled, furious, a hubbub of astonishment rose in the courtroom.

Without waiting for the president to tell her to do so, she picked up her belongings and headed for the back of the room, escorted by police officers. "You've got no soul," she shouted again at Berrada. "I pity your sister, I pity your mother, I pity all the women in your life!" One last time, she shouted: "You're going to burn, Salim!" Then she left. Two more days of hearings were left. The verdict will be delivered on Friday, March 29.